Density Sweet Density
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Calculate densities of candy bars and predict what will happen when they are placed in water.

HR Diagram Lab
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
This is a fairly advanced usage of excels graphing wizard. If students are unfamiliar with it I would do another introductory data entry exercise first.

Flat Bottom Clouds
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
In this investigation students will form a cloud in a bottle, find the dew point and relative humidity of air at different places in the school and use a chart to estimate how high that air would have to rise to form a cloud.

Earth History Timeline
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
This activity has students create a timeline using 6 meters of cash register ticker tape. They will lightly color the 4 eras, label important events, and tape or paste index fossils from the New York earth science reference tables.

Sea Floor Spreading
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Along the entire length of Earth's mid ocean ridge, the sea floor is spreading. Although this process takes place constantly, it is difficult to observe directly. In the following activity, you will build a model to help understand this process.

Properties Of Common Minerals
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Very simple worksheet using the Properties of Common Minerals chart on the ESRT to help students get a feel for and understand how to extract information from the chart.

The Gaia Theory
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Use the data above to
construct a graph of the changing percentage composition of Earth's atmosphere since the formation of
the Earth.

Skills & Knowledge Survey
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
This is a quiz about some skills and content used in Earth Science. It is intended to find out how much you already know. This paper will not be used to determine your grade in this course, only to measure your present skills and knowledge in science and